Mad Max
The internet today feels a little like stepping into the post-apocalyptic world of Mad Max — dominated by a few platforms who wield overwhelming control and harsh for everyone else. These platforms, giants like Amazon, Facebook, and Google, have an outsized, undue influence on the online experience by controlling both demand and supply. They profit […]
IT
In the 2017 cinematic masterpiece “IT,” the small town of Derry is haunted by the malevolent entity Pennywise, which embodies the essence of fear but is undeniably alluring. In my opinion, this compelling duality where fear coexists with fascination mirrors the evolving narrative surrounding Artificial Intelligence, especially within global supply chains. Over the last few […]
A New Hope
In a single day in October 2021, Li Jiaqi and Viya, two of the most watched live-streamers in China, sold $3 billion worth of goods, more than triple Amazon’s average daily sales. And they did it without depending on any third-party e-commerce platform. This is the future of commerce – a new model that doesn’t […]
Breaking Bad
Breaking Bad: Fixing a decade-long problem in the consumer goods industry Imagine a world where you walked into a store to do your weekly grocery shopping, only to find that the shelves were empty. And not just at one store either. Imagine every grocery store empty, without the essential products we need. This may sound […]
Ghostbusters
Open content: The key to unlocking small businesses growth in Africa Knowledge is power, and the internet has democratized that power, making it more accessible to everyone. If you wanted to keep up with the news a hundred years ago, you would have to walk down to the local newsstand to pick up the paper […]
The principles of Open Source can help fix our broken global commerce system
The greatest shift in the history of commerce is coming. It’s called Open Commerce, and it promises to fundamentally change the way goods are bought, sold, shipped and distributed around the world. Open Commerce is not a technology. It’s a movement, built upon the same principles as the original Open Source movement, that is designed […]
Web 3.0 & the “open economy.”
The history of the internet has shown us just how powerful innovation can be. The development of mobile, social, and cloud infrastructure has transformed the internet from the dark and anonymous place it was pre-2004 into a technology that benefits over 3 billion people globally, and the evolution is just getting started. To understand just […]
The Future of Commerce is not Amazon
Since the dawn of time, global commerce has been linked to economic development. From the Silk Road, which connected China and the Far East with the Middle East and Europe, to the rise of e-commerce, exchanging one product for another has had an indelible impact on the world. Commerce has developed in three major […]
World’s Best Storyteller
When you consider what the most crucial skill for an entrepreneur is, you’ll probably say creative thinking or problem-solving. By far the most crucial skill an entrepreneur needs to have is the ability to sell. It doesn’t matter how good your idea, product, or service is. If you can’t sell, then you have some big […]
Sales – The Only Numbers That Count.
If you Don’t Like to Sell – It’s Not a Problem. Until it is. When you consider what the most crucial skill for an entrepreneur is, you’ll probably say creative thinking or problem-solving. By far the most crucial skill an entrepreneur needs to have is the ability to sell. It doesn’t matter how good your […]